indentifying this lizard

[XxRachxX]

this lizard is an agama of some sort. but no idea which specific one! hes small abooouuut 4" svl. Brown kind of a speckledy pattern i think..white belly. likes to climb. VERY fast. ive searched around and all i get are foreign pages in russian, spanish, chinese which give info on absolutely ANYTHING but lizards! :D im thinking of adopting him! and was wondering if any of you can tell me what it is!
Thanx in advance! (that is if anyone replies!)

[Dino]

Do you have a pic?

[DragnDrop]

Could it be a collared lizard? That's the first one I thought of - they are fast as lightning, love to climb and some are brown and speckled. They have a tell-tale blackish band around the neck, hence the name collared. They do get much bigger than 4", but maybe the one you saw is still very young.

Check this picture

Collared lizard photo (http://racphoto.com/Parks/OR/HighDesert/DesertCollared01.jpg)

Even if not identical, there are other species of collared lizards, somewhat similar with slight variations of colour and pattern.

[XxRachxX]

no.. hes not a collared lizard :( thanx for trying though! i will have a photo next wednesday! but then again i may as well ask the people at work! but if anyone can find out what it is before then..then......send in your replies!.....PLEAAAAASE!!!

[Matt]

wow, this s pretty difficult without a pic....maybe we will have better luck next wednesday....but until then, could it be a fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)????

[XxRachxX]

now actually my friend i think you may be on to something!!!!!!!!!
i did a search for fence lizards and this popped up http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=7&shapeID=1059&curPageNum=27&recnum=AR0077

or this http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/nature/animals/reptile/nfencelizard.shtml
Thanx alot i think this may be the one!

[Matt]

no problem!
If you want, post a pic and someone can confirm.
Northern Fence Lizards are common, that may be the one!

[XxRachxX]

here he is!
hes in shed so he looks a lil crummy bless:w

[lizards_rule]

looks like a emerald swift or something like that to me not sure though

[Weather1]

AH he is so cute:)

[lynsey_togofire]

he's adorable! i would wanna take him home, but i don't think my togo fire would appreciate another animal in the house...LOL! glad he's been adopted though! what did you name him?

[XxRachxX]

i didnt adopt him! hes up for adoption though! and im considering it because hes been there for so long! no one wants him cuz hes super speedy! i feel sorry for the lil guy! if i do eventually get him ill name him bert! ive always wanted a lizard named bert!! :D

[lynsey_togofire]

HAHA! Bert sounds cute! you should definatly consider adopting him! he's the cutest little guy ever! good luck in finding him a home if you don't...like i said, i would take him, but i don't think my togo would like company and i don't think my dog would appreciate another "sibling" taking up "mom's" time! LOL!

[norman]

im not sure but i have seen a lizard like that going as a jeweled curlytailed lizard... i cant really tell though since it is in shed and all...they are kind of irridescent as i remember.

[Blackwidow69]

Norman, you are more than likely right about that lizard its a female jeweled curlytail.. or a female emerald swift.. but its deffinatly a female.. :)

[XxRachxX]

why is it definately a female?
ive just looked at some piccies and this lizard looks nothing like one........and he doesnt look as spikey as an emerald swift ::shrugs::

[fr0glet]

That looks to me like it is a member of the cordylus family. I just had to jump through a bunch of hoops to identify one in that family.... let's see if I can find that nifty ID website.................

http://tallbo.mora-c.net/beskrivningar/nyckel_till_cordylus.htm
That's a way scientific website, might be a bit of a pain in the *** without a good field guide.

Melissa Kaplan's page on cordylus care: http://www.anapsid.org/cordylus.html

hth

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Try looking under Red headed agama, i still say its a female!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

[Tim and Julie B]

I'm pretty sure it's not a cordylus species, but fence lizard seems right on the button. Here's a pic of an armadillo lizard(cordylus)http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1812cordylus.jpg

[fr0glet]

You're right, the tail scales are all off. I neglected to look there, the face is reminiscent of cordylus.

[Tim and Julie B]

Here are some photos I tracked down to show what I was thinking Rach's potential herp may be. This is sceloporus merriami merriami.[IMG]http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1812fence_lizard2.jpg

[XxRachxX]

if only they could talk!!! "what are you mr. lizard?" that last picture looks similar
http://gto.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pingleto/lizpix/lizpix2.htm
if you notice on this site, he does actually look like that group of fence lizards, but on other sites he looks completely different! thats where the above photo was (probably) found.

[Naära]

I don't know what it is but I don't believe it a Cordylus!

This is a pic of my Cordylus tropidosternum
http://www.home.zonnet.nl/David_Naara/Cordylussen/Cordylus8.jpg

[ectotherm]

Definitely Sceloporous, occidentalis or undulatus? Western Fence vs. Northern Fence - but it still doesn't appear to be a dead on match.

http://jajhs.kana.k12.wv.us/vwv/animal/rep_amph/northernfencelizard1a.jpg